Colorado was won by incumbent
PresidentGeorge W. Bush by a 4.67% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 10 of 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a
red state, although both campaigns targeted it as the Democratic candidate,
John Kerry, was born in Colorado. On election day, Bush did carry Colorado, but only about half the 9% margin he won over
Al Gore in 2000. Additionally, Colorado voters decided not to pass a referendum that would have split their electoral vote for this and future presidential elections.

Electors

Technically the voters of Colorado cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the
Electoral College. Colorado is allocated 9 electors because it has seven
congressional districts and two
senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of nine electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all nine electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a
faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the
District of Columbia met on December 13, 2004, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.[9]